TEST BANK FOR MENTAL HEALTH Chapt 1-11 QUESTION AND ANSWERS

Chapter 1 1. How are the body's physiological defenses affected when under sustained stress? Why? This would be the stage of exhaustion. The body has been exposed to a prolonged exposure to a stressor, adaptive energy is depleted and the individual can no longer draw from the resources for adaptations. Disease of adaptation, headaches, mental disorders, coronary artery disease, ulcers, colitis may all occur. Without intervention for reversal, exhaustion and, in some cases, even death can occur. 2. In the view of stress as an environmental event, what aspects are missing when considering an individual's response to a stressful situation? Stress viewed as an environmental event fails to consider the individual’s perception of the event, coping strategies and available support system at the time when the change occurred. 3. In their study, what event did Miller and Rahe (1997) find produced the highest level of stress reaction in their participants? Miller and Rahe found that women react to life stress events at higher levels than do men, unmarried people gave higher sores than married people for most events and younger participants rated more events at a higher stress level than did older participants 4. What is the initial step in stress management? The initial step in managing stress is awareness, to become aware of the factors that create stress and the feelings associated with a stressful response. Chapter 2 1. Explain the concepts of incomprehensibility and cultural relativity. Incomprehensibility relates to the inability of the general population to understand the motivation behind an individual’s behavior. When observers are unable to find meaning or comprehensibility in behavior, they are likely to label the behavior as mental illness. Cultural relativity considers that these rules, conventions, and understandings are conceived within an individual’s own particular culture. Behavior that is considered normal and abnormal is defined by one’s cultural or societal norms.